Mentally Ill Main
All queer :)
I'm including stories where mental illness or its consequences are a focus of the plot, not stories where a traumatic backstory is randomly revealed at the end, or where a character has a time-skip bout of depression post breakup.
Autism isn't in here because it's not a mental illness, though it is a disability. For autistic-coded main characters (inclusion based on how much I relate to them), see this list; link
For characters with physical disabilities, see this list; link
For characters suffering from trope-y memory loss post accident or death, see this list: link
For the trope where a character's mere presence can cure another character's sleep disorder, see this list: link
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![My Tooth Your Love]()
1. My Tooth Your Love
Taiwanese Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
Anxiety
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![Laws of Attraction]()
2. Laws of Attraction
Thai Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
PTSD turned him evil
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3. Us
Thai Drama - 2025, 12 episodes
PTSD made her do bad things
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![Love for Love's Sake]()
4. Love for Love's Sake
Korean Drama - 2024, 8 episodes
Depression
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![Call Me by No-Name]()
5. Call Me by No-Name
Japanese Drama - 2025, 8 episodes
PTSD
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![Choco Milk Shake]()
6. Choco Milk Shake
Korean Drama - 2022, 11 episodes
Depression
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![Runaway]()
7. Runaway
Thai Drama - 2025, 8 episodes
She's canonically not mentally ill. However, the way that her ghost-seeing haunting condition makes her unable to work a job, and the strain it puts on her familial relationships, makes this feel like an allegory to serious mental illness that includes hallucinations.
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![Ore no Bijoka ga Tomaranai?!]()
8. Ore no Bijoka ga Tomaranai?!
Japanese Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
Gendernonconforming, not gay. Social anxiety
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![Kimi to Nara Koi wo Shite Mite mo]()
9. Kimi to Nara Koi wo Shite Mite mo
Japanese Drama - 2023, 5 episodes
PTSD and unhealthy coping mechanisms
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![You Make Me Dance]()
10. You Make Me Dance
Korean Drama - 2021, 8 episodes
PTSD
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![The Miracle of Teddy Bear]()
11. The Miracle of Teddy Bear
Thai Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
PTSD, alzheimers, hallucinations
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![One Room Angel]()
12. One Room Angel
Japanese Drama - 2023, 6 episodes
Depression
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![Burnout Syndrome]()
13. Burnout Syndrome
Thai Drama - 2025, 10 episodes
burnout, sleep disorder
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![Yesterday]()
14. Yesterday
Thai Drama - 2026, 10 episodes
PTSD turned him evil
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![Melody of Secrets]()
15. Melody of Secrets
Thai Drama - 2025, 10 episodes
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![Therapy Game]()
16. Therapy Game
Japanese Drama - 2025, 9 episodes
PTSD turned him into a player
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![Bad to Bed]()
17. Bad to Bed
Taiwanese Drama - 2024, 10 episodes
Not spoiling
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![Love You Teacher]()
18. Love You Teacher
Thai Drama - 2026, 10 episodes
Not spoiling.
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![The Whisperer]()
19. The Whisperer
Thai Drama - 2023, 9 episodes
Maybe hallucinating, maybe not. We'll never know, the last episode didn't air.
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![Fourever You Part 2]()
20. Fourever You Part 2
Thai Drama - 2025, 24 episodes
The first story. PTSD
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![The Love Never Sets]()
21. The Love Never Sets
Thai Drama - 2025, 13 episodes
PTSD
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![The Wicked Game]()
22. The Wicked Game
Thai Drama - 2025, 10 episodes
PTSD turned him evil
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![The Vampires]()
23. The Vampires
Chinese Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
I think this may have metaphorically been about SA, but it's been a while
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![The Eighth Sense]()
24. The Eighth Sense
Korean Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
PTSD, depression
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25. Bed Friend
Thai Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
PTSD
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![Blue Complex]()
26. Blue Complex
Korean Drama - 2024, 40 episodes
wanting to die
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![B-Friend]()
27. B-Friend
Thai Drama - 2025, 12 episodes
Disorder that affects memory
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![Mystique in the Mirror]()
28. Mystique in the Mirror
Thai Drama - 2025, 8 episodes
Mayhe hallucinating, maybe ghosts. I haven't watched it, and wouldn't tell you the answer if I had.
